Another question please: Assuming that this doesn't resolve in a few days, what is typically the next step? I still don't think that she's going to consent to treatment. She doesn't see the need. She does not appear to be a danger to herself (assuming that she doesn't leave the apartment at least).
It seems that I should tell her family. Her mother is too fragile emotionally I think (two psychotic episodes and an Asperger's type demeanor). Her grandmother is 90. I haven't met either. Apparently, there's an aunt as well.
She is not paranoid per-se, but struggles to make sense of her experience. She completely didn't understand why I dragged her to her shrink and felt absolutely violated by that experience. When I explained that I was trying to help her, she was relieved. Before that she spoke about leaving for a hotel. Now things seem better.
The problems arise when we talk about the spirit. Asking for her to explain drains and frustrates her because she doesn't understand it herself and has been trying to figure out how it works.
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